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kernel-dev: First re-write of the "Patches" section. 

(From yocto-docs rev: 64e2b623e040efeefdef572024c867a57a883f24)

Signed-off-by: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@ -802,10 +802,13 @@ The description file can include multiple kconf statements, one per fragment.
<title>Patches</title>
<para>
Patches are described in a very similar way to configuration
fragments, which are described in the previous section.
Instead of a <filename>.cfg</filename> file, they work with
source patches.
Patch descriptions are very similar to configuration fragment
descriptions, which are described in the previous section.
However, instead of a <filename>.cfg</filename> file, these
descriptions work with source patches.
</para>
<para>
A typical patch includes a description file and the patch itself:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
patches/mypatch.scc:
@ -814,8 +817,8 @@ The description file can include multiple kconf statements, one per fragment.
patches/mypatch.patch:
&lt;typical-patch&gt;
</literallayout>
For <filename>.patch</filename> files, the typical patch
is created with <filename>diff -Nurp</filename> or
You can create the typical <filename>.patch</filename>
file using <filename>diff -Nurp</filename> or
<filename>git format-patch</filename>.
</para>